Exam 8: Information in Action

The _____________process combines data from the various sources.

The central element in a CRM system is the transaction processing database.

The data flows from the distribution system to management consist of all of the following except for:

The DFD that presents the system in the context of its environment is called a:

The extraction process of ETL combines data from various sources.

M The term _____________means "data about data."

The business area that has the strongest need for historical data is the:

Define knowledge discovery and explain its contribution to data warehousing.

The process of quickly moving from one data hierarchy to another when navigating a data warehouse is called:

Which statement is false concerning transaction processing systems?

The subsystem of the marketing mix that provides information about the firm's advertising and personal selling activities is the:

Dimension tables in a warehouse data repository store identifying and descriptive data.

Describe what happens to data as it goes through the staging area in a data warehouse.

Explain the relationship between OLAP, ROLAP, and MOLAP.

In knowledge management, the system analyzes the warehouse data repository, looking for groups with common characteristics.

A data store in a DFD represents relatively permanent storage of data such as a master file or a history file.

The_____________ system is a system that provides information to upper- level managers on the overall performance of the firm.

A data mart is a database that contains data describing only a segment of the firm's operations.

The type of processing that produces summaries at various levels of detail and arranges the data by various dimensions is called:

The environmental element that is not provided information by the transaction processing system is the: